Gallery: Relay for Life, May 17, 2013

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Runners at take their place at the starting line of the 5K run held during Friday’s Relay for Life events.

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Jessica Wilde, 12, empties a water bottle on Taylor Halfmann, 12, as she and other Miles students horse around.

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Members of Sonora Bank’s Relay for Life team sell buttons and necklaces as part of the annual fundraiser.

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Melvin Stewart (left) and Dwight “Doc” Bethany load their Relay for Life team’s grill with fajita meat. The “Ethicon Elite” sold beef and chicken fajitas and other food.

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Caretakers complete their lap during the beginning of this weekend’s Relay for Life.

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Sixty-one names were written on different colored ribbons, which symbolize various cancers, at the Joshua Street Church Believers tent at this year’s Relay for Life. Each name represented a friend or relative of the 17 team members.

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Joe Huerta sits in the shade Friday evening with other members of First Financial Bank’s Relay for Life group. He won the wig at an arcade and decided to don it for the relay.

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More than 1,000 luminaries were sold this year, at $5 a bag, to held raise money for cancer research.

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Angelo State University’s ROTC honor guard prepares for opening ceremonies at Relay for Life on Friday evening.

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Eddie Martinez, with Shannon Medical Center, walks with his sister Paloma Martinez across his shoulders Friday during Relay for Life. His mother, Bonnie Martinez, who works in the oncology department at Shannon, said he does this for both siblings.